Local residents form Browning Fork Road Commission in West Virginia
In Gilbert WV residents protest state road maintenance and create the Browning Fork Road Commission to repair potholes on Secondary Route 52 along Browning Fork of Horsepen Creek. Also reports on Monsanto plant dioxin tests and health checks of 108 workers. County health departments urged to test wells near cemeteries for possible cemetery seepage into water supplies as a precaution amid rising housing density.
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Harris
BFRC
Browning Fork
Horsepen Creek
ST. Louis
Monsanto Co
Sauger
Ill
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Monsanto
W.G. Krummrich
The
Post-Dispatch
West Virginia
Phillip R. Jones
State Health Department
Cigarette Smoke Deemed Major Indoor Pollutant By EPA Study
EPA researcher Lance Wallace states cigarette smoke is a leading indoor pollutant, noting it as the single most important source for four of five chemicals found in higher indoor levels. The study, conducted at Research Triangle Institute, urges national concern.
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Greensboro
N.C
EPA
Research Triangle Institute
Lance Wallace
Environmental Protection Agency
Wallace
Harvard University School of Public Health
Bluefield Supply Plans Merger and Buyout Offer End
Bluefield Supply Company details a planned merger and states it will not negotiate other acquisition offers. It will terminate a previously granted leveraged buyout option and expects stockholders to approve a $20 cash per share merger at the July 1 meeting. No action on liquidation or McCall Group contact.
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Harvey
Bluefield Supply Company
McCall Group
Bluefield Supply
Care provider training held in Princeton session
Pre service training for prospective care providers for special needs children and young people was held at Southern Highlands Community Health Center in Princeton. The session covered program philosophy measuring individual development confidentiality health and nutrition with additional classes on normalization and human and legal rights for specialized care providers.
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Princeton
Southern Highlands Community Health Center
Denver bound cyclist tours to thank airlift crews
Walker, paralyzed by lightning, travels from Sarasota to Denver on a Lotus bicycle to honor medical airlift teams. A daily 50 to 60 mile trek, he stops at airlift facilities and raises awareness while funding goes through Bike for Life Inc. He plans to pass Lexington heliport and reach Denver by July 4.
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Anthony
North Hospital
Denver
Bluefield
U.S
Virginia
Kentucky
Walker
America
Lotus
Bike For Life Inc
Sarasota
Fla
Lexington
Local women hurt in wreck on U S 460
A Bluefield woman Dianna Carter 37 of 319 Hardy Street suffered multiple injuries in a single car crash on U S 460 Tuesday and remained in stable condition at Bluefield Community Hospital Wednesday. The report lists several indictments including theft embezzlement and welfare fraud involving eight individuals across five indictments.
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Bluefield
U.S
Bluefield Community Hospital
Dianna Carter
Hardy St
Charles Andrew Scott
Stephen W. White
Joey Whitlow
Thelma Wimmer
William H. Steptoe
Kenneth E. Varney
Virgil C. Conner, Jr
Darrell Eugene Holdren
John Henry Howerton
Douglas Eugene Hager
Cornell B. Pugh, Jr
William C. Brown
Carol Brown
Margaret Showalter Denard
George Porter
Frederick M. Price
Marlene M. Price
Jackie L. Southern
Rose M. Garcia
Touring Virginia Democrat Mary Sue Terry Campaigns in Tazewell County
The Democratic candidate for Attorney General Mary Sue Terry visits Tazewell County today touring Richlands at 10 30 a m and appearing at the Tazewell County Courthouse at 1 30 p m and Bluefield Town Hall at 3 30 p m This report notes her local campaign schedule with public appearances.
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Mary Sue Terry
Tazewell County
Richlands
Bluefield
Valley Bank sold to Oak Hill group
Green Valley Valley Bank & Trust will be sold to M&M Finance Corporation of Oak Hill for about 2.3 million dollars in cash or 31 dollars a share. The purchase keeps Valley Bank & Trust as a subsidiary after approval by shareholders and regulators. Officials expect minor personnel changes and expanded services once the sale is completed by October 1.
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Green Valley — Valley Bank & Trust
Oak Hill
M&m Finance Corporation of
Valley Bank & Trust
Keith McKenzie
Green Valley Institution
M&m
McKenzie
Valley
Federal Reserve Board
West Virginia Banking Board
Green Valley
C.R. Hill Jr
Bluefield-Princeton
Historic Independence Limited 85 steam locomotive to visit Bluefield
The Norfolk and Western Class J locomotive 611 arrives in Bluefield for a seven day midwest excursion from Roanoke to Kansas City. Tickets cost 189 for coach and 309 for first class, with meals and hotel not included.
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Independence Limited
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western
Midwest
Roanoke
Kansas City
The
National Railway Historical Society
Jaeger
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Associated Press
Denver-bound
PicWay Shoes
PicWay
Sal
Italy
Princeton Ingleside Rd
Stafford Dr
Pine Plaza
Krogers
Bluefield Avenue
Oak Hill Group
Berkline, Kroehler, Barcalounger
Berkline
Kroehler
Barcalounger
Charleston House
Rocker Kammer
W VA
Phowe
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